Papers and Correspondence of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth - Part I: The French Revolutionary War, 1793 - 1802

Sir John Duckworth commanded ships and squadrons and fleets throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was an assiduous correspondent, writing to Admirals St Vincent, Nelson, Collingwood, and numerous other naval officers. He kept every piece of paper he wrote on or received.

List of contents

Introduction / Part I: Spithead, Leeward Islands, Virginia, 1793 / Part II: The English Channel, First of June Fight, 1793–1795 / Part III: Jamaica, 1795–1797 / Part IV: Mutiny, Blockade of Brest, Ireland, 1797–1798 / Part V: Mediterranean, Minorca, Cadiz Blockade, 1798–1800 / Part VI: Leeward Islands, 1800–1801 / Part VII: Jamaica, 1801–1802 / Appendix: Observations of Trade with St Domingue / Sources and Documents / Index

About the author

John D. Grainger is an independent historian, having published about fifty or so books, many on ancient history, but including a quartet on the British Navy in the Baltic, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and Eastern Waters, and a Dictionary of British Naval Battles. He has contributed two collections of documents to the Navy Records Society.

Summary

Sir John Duckworth commanded ships and squadrons and fleets throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was an assiduous correspondent, writing to Admirals St Vincent, Nelson, Collingwood, and numerous other naval officers. He kept every piece of paper he wrote on or received.

Product details

• Authors: John D. Grainger
• Assisted by: John D. Grainger (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781032271309
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227130-9
• No. of pages: 578
• Series: Navy Records Society Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / General, military history, maritime history, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology